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S - • IT-JE CHRISTIAN NATION. Voi. 59.
Praver ]V[eetin^ To'Oir ^^^ "^ throw away our tobacco, tion that the prayer life of the aud to earnestness, importunity,
° ^ * get rid of our quick temper, mas- Church is lamentably neglected, Heb. 4:16. I Thess. 5:17.
FOR DECEMBER 31st, 1913. ter our tongue, shake ofif our and tliat this is the fundamental 3. For the welfare of the
B>- the Rev. S. J. Johnston. cloak of indifiference toward the reason why she is shorn of her Church. "Till he establish andtill
Subject—The Old and the New. church and her work.
power. Many are humbly confess- he make Jerusalem a praise in the
Joshua 24;i4-is. ^^^ ^^s do better as congrega- ing that the manifest lack in their earth." God intends His Church
I. Lesions from the old tions. Let us help make the at- own lives is due to the neglect of to be a praise. "The King's daugh-
„ ., .,.^. , , " tendance better, at the Sabbath prayer. Many are tracing failures ter is all glorious." Find other
2. Possibilities of the new. c , , . , . , ^, , , , , ..uA. ^ • r
. School, prayer meeting and public m the Church's work to the prop- passages that prove this, from
3. onsecration. service. Let us resolve to make er source, the lack pf spiritual cul- Isaiah, Song of Solom.on^ Psalms.
Suitable Psalms: i; 2j; 116; our ofiferings larger to all the ture in her membership. See Eph. 5:27.
119, second part; 133. work of the church. This can be ^'Vhy could we not have as never He expects His remembrancers
Parallel passages: Deut. 10:12, ^*^"^ '^y ^^'^h member making up before, A YEAR OF PRAYER? to have the welfare of the Church
Gen. 17:1, Deut. 18'n Ps iiQ- '^'^'^ "^'"'^' ^° ^^^^ ^^'^ l^ord his i. By God's people. "Ye that upon their hearts, and to tell Him
T TT r.,- T . c- 1 r T , tenth. make mention of the Lord." The about her needs. He wants her
I, 11 Cor. 1:12, tLpli o'24 Tosh
_ • . J - • 2. Consecration. Revision reads, "Ye that are Je- to be militant, "terrible as an army
' ^V. ^' ^^ ' ^°''^' -^" Joshua said, "As for me and my hovah's remembrancers." In Eng- with banners."
1:15, 1 Kings 18:21, Gen. 18:19. house, we will serve the Lord." land there used to be an ofihcer call- The Church is today wearing
In the passage before us Joshua U''hat the Israelites determined to ed the "remembrancer," among thie sackcloth. Her membership is
was urging Israel to live a better '^o ^"^^^ not going to influence him whose duties one was to call cer- spotted with the world. She
life. The text is a part of his ^^'^ •''"^^ ^ course. Even though tain matters to the attention of needs to arise and shake herself
farewell address to them He ' ^" °'*^' "^^"' ^"*^ ^* ^^^ ^""^ °^ ''^^'^'•'^ proper persons at the oppor- from the dust. Will notfh.oise who
^- „. , ,. ,, ^ , , . he made this resolution. The others tune time, God's people are his read these lines agree to make
dicated to them some of the thmgs • u
Because we are well up m years, John 17.
will engage to make this A YEAR
the same direction. Note: i^^ ^^ ^^^ ^old back on that ac- Find God's challenge, "Put me OF PRAYER,
I, Lessons from the old, count. Note the example of Josh- in remembrance." Read what He i. For the spirit of revival up-
The past is of interest to us only ua. You have him for your ex- says about the remembrancers be- on the Church; 2, For sin to be
asit reveals the future. The pur- ample. Let us all, old and young, ing ,so few, and how He marvels rooted out and righteousness rootpose
of Joshua in reminding his Parents as w-'ell as children, firmlyat it. Isa, 59:16, Covenanters ed in; 3, For a more consecrated
hearers of the experience of their ''^^"'^^ *^'^^'^ ^i^' s*^rve the Lord ought to be good remembrancers, ministry and a more devoted peo-
, ,, ,, , more fervently during this com- Why? Are we exercising our of- ple; 4. For a clearer recognition
fathers was to enable them to -^^ „^^,